Question

I am new to shell scripting. I am trying to work through this.

> script to execute in cron (util.sh)
#!/bin/sh
HOST='ahostname'
PORT='3306'
USER='auser'
PASS='apassword'
DB='adatabase'
. /mnt/stor/backups/backup.sh

(I also tried source /mnt/stor/backups/backup.sh)

 > script to execute (backup.sh)

When backup.sh is called (it does get called) it appears to simply be parsed and not executed. So no matter what I put in it I get messages like:

/mnt/stor/backups/backup.sh: line 8: date: command not found
/mnt/stor/backups/backup.sh: line 8: mysqldump: command not found
/mnt/stor/backups/backup.sh: line 8: tar: command not found
/mnt/stor/backups/backup.sh: line 8: rm: command not found

The idea is to have a domain localized file, execute it with variables, and call a master script that uses the variable to do the dirty work. Because of limitations with one of my hosts and multiple domains this is the best method.

Answer 1

The script with the Problem seems to be /mnt/stor/backups/backup.sh. Try setting the PATH to include all the usual directories with binaries, so the script can find its tools. Or, even better, change /mnt/stor/backups/backup.sh and use absolute paths in the commands like /bin/rm instead of just 'rm'.